THE family of a murder victim who was abducted hours before being dumped in a canal were today making an impassioned plea to help find his killers.

THE family of a murder victim who was abducted hours before being dumped in a canal were today making an impassioned plea to help find his killers.

The body of Jason Gerald Abraham-Millership, aged 37, was found in the Birmingham Canal, near Albion Road and Oldbury Road, West Bromwich, on the afternoon of February 1.

Just before midnight the day before, he was taken by force from outside his home in Park Lane East, Tipton, where he was living with his father, Gerald Millership, and his stepmother Jacqueline Millership.

The couple were this morning attending a media conference at West Midlands Police headquarters in Birmingham city centre, accompanied by Det Chief Insp Matt Ward who is leading the murder hunt.

An inquest opened in West Bromwich on Friday heard that Mr Abraham-Millership had suffered injuries consistent with a beating. He was also found to have needle marks on both arms.

Mr Abraham-Millership was single and unemployed.

DCI Ward said it was a " complex" murder investigation and police were urgently seeking someone in connection with the case.

Two people, a 30-year-old man from Coventry and a 37-yearold woman from Birmingham, have been arrested and released on police bail in relation to the abduction.

Mr Ward said after the inquest was adjourned that he was confident police would discover who had taken Mr Abraham-Millership.

A post-mortem revealed the cause of death as drowning.

Police are anxious to speak to anyone with information on Jason's movements on the day he was abducted and any witnesses to the abduction, which was carried out on a busy main road.

Police have searched premises in Tipton, Birmingham and Coventry in the course of the investigation. Anyone with information should contact the murder incident room at West Bromwich on 0845 1135000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.